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Violence escalates in India’s northeast after forces mistakenly fire on civilians

Violence escalates in India’s northeast after forces mistakenly fire on civilians

ZARIR HUSSAIN PROTESTERS threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence a day after 14 people were killed by defence forces, officials said. At least 14 civilians and one member of the security forces were killed in Nagaland state on Saturday night after Indian forces mistook a group of labourers for militants and opened fire. More than a dozen civilians and some members of the security forces were also wounded in the incident and violence that followed, said a federal defence ministry…
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